US-Iran Peace Deal “Now Complete”; Strait of Hormuz Reopens; US Naval Blockade Lifts
The United States and Iran reached a peace deal late Sunday US time with an “immediate and permanent” end to military operations on all fronts including Lebanon. President Donald Trump posted “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete” on Truth Social, announcing the Strait of Hormuz is reopen and the United States will lift the naval blockade on Iranian ports. Trump posted “Let the oil flow” alongside the announcement. The framework leaves the thornier nuclear-programme issues for follow-up talks. Sanctions waivers begin immediately under the operative memorandum of understanding.
The Sunday-evening signing comes 36 hours after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s “24 hours” framing and 24 hours after the Israeli strikes on Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburbs that put the framework in apparent doubt. The framework includes an explicit Lebanon clause — the “all fronts including Lebanon” framing — that addresses the principal Iranian structural concern about Israeli operations preserving Iran’s last regional bastion. The Saudi-led six-state regional alignment — Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Lebanon, Bahrain and Kuwait — remains the structural Arab-side investment that makes the framework materially different from the 2015 JCPOA. The nuclear-programme follow-up timeline is undefined; the operative MoU explicitly excludes Iranian missile capabilities.